Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban

Bookman: Sponsor of Georgia abortion ban spared trauma of watching brain dead loved one carry fetus

By most common measures, the life of Adriana Smith ended three months ago, when a tragic series of undiagnosed blood clots left her brain dead, with no hope of recovery. Yet today, in a hospital room in Midtown Atlanta, Adriana’s…

Georgia woman on life support being forced to carry fetus to term

ATLANTA, Ga. – Over 90 days ago, a pregnant Black woman in Georgia was declared brain dead following a medical emergency. Now the hospital says she must remain on life support until her fetus reaches full term. The case has gained national attention and criticism as the state has strict laws surrounding abortion.  Adriana Smith […] The post Georgia woman on life support being forced to carry fetus to term appeared first on The Black Wall Street …

With Tragedy Comes New Life: Georgia Baby Boy Still Lives Inside the Womb, Even with Mother on Life Support   - Students for Life of America

Nine weeks pregnant, Adriana Smith suffered devastating medical emergency, and even though she's on life support, her baby’s is alive

The case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain-dead and sustained life support for three months has raised complex questions about the abortion law and whether a fetus is a person.

Doctors at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, have been supporting a pregnant woman diagnosed with brain death on life support devices for more than three months. This is due to the state's strict abortion law: doctors told the woman's loved ones that they must keep her alive until the fetus develops enough to allow them to have a cesarean section. The patient's family was not allowed to decide whether to disconnect her from the devices or not.

Controversy Rages As Brain-Dead Woman Kept Alive To Save Unborn Child

The mother of a brain-dead woman who is 21-weeks pregnant is upset that her daughter is being kept alive to save the unborn child, a baby boy.April Newkirk has told the press that her 30-year-old daughter, Adriana Smith, is being kept alive by ventilators, blaming Georgia’s pro-life law, which bans abortion of unborn babies after six weeks gestation, with some exceptions.Newkirk says doctors told her she’s not allowed to take her daughter off th…